The Editorial Team

Rebecca Le May has been a journalist for more than 20 years, including 13 years as a reporter and bureau chief for AAP in Perth. She started out her career as a finance reporter, then moved into general news, covering politics and courts. Rebecca now has a hybrid role with NCA NewsWire, covering both finance and general, and contributing to sub-editing. Fun fact: She is a keen photographer and her favourite subject is her cat. She can also recite The Young Ones word for word.

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Australian Markets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 01, 2021: A view of the stocks and market updates at the ASX in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

ASX closes firmly in the green

The ASX recouped most of Friday’s losses despite giving back some of its early gains, with miners the standout performers.

Retail

Priceline Pharmacy store in Sydney, Monday, July 9, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Bunnings owner’s new venture

The retail giant that owns Bunnings, Kmart and Target seeks to get into pharmacies for the first time through a new takeover.

Black Swans are seen on the South Perth Foreshore in Perth, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Western Australia is bracing for the wildest autumn weather in years as the remnants of a tropical cyclone collide with a cold front to whip up damaging winds, heavy rain and massive waves. Strong and squally winds will hit the state's north on Sunday morning, then move south to Perth and Albany in the afternoon and evening.(AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING

Perth braces for storm battering

Forecasters have urged Perth residents to sandbag their homes as the second major storm in four days approaches, fearing more flash flooding.

UpdatedNSW & ACT

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 12, 2021: A Priceline store in William St Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

Large new list of close contact sites

NSW Health has issued another long list of exposure sites in a late night update on Monday after the state recorded a rise in cases.

UpdatedVIC

Victoria slams shut border to NSW

Victoria’s border with NSW slammed shut at midnight as the premier warned anyone breaching the rules could be publicly shamed.

An ambulance in Queen Elizabeth II medical centre QEII hospital in Perth on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING

Injuries, crashes in lockdown ‘rampage’

A man allegedly went on a car-thieving rampage during lockdown, deliberately causing the taxi he was in to crash and leaving another driver with serious injuries.

Australian Markets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 24, 2021: General vision of The Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney CBD. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

ASX rises, Covid plan lifts travel stocks

The ASX gained ground after the PM’s four-stage plan to tackle and emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic boosted travel stocks.

Other Industries

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, MAY 18. 2021: Stock images of Crown in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Casino chiefs set for tax bill grilling

Crown Resorts’ top brass is about to get grilled on its potential underpayment of tax for almost a decade.

Banking

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos APRIL 04 2021: AUSTRALIA'S ECONOMY- Generic Westpac bank images from central Melbourne as retailer spending surges, along with housing prices, but broader business investment slows. Sarah Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray

Big bank uncovers huge potential fraud

A big four bank has uncovered a huge potential fraud and is chasing the suspected ‘external perpetrator’ in court.

Politics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 2, 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a press conference after the National Cabinet meeting at Parliament House. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Australia’s four-stage plan out of Covid

Scott Morrison has unveiled a four-stage plan to get Australia through the pandemic, describing it as a ‘pathway out of Covid’.

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